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Message about Douwe
Douwe's recuperation after the operation is going very quickly. He's already able to eat everything and is back home 12 days after admission to the hospital. He has lost a lot of weight because he didn't eat anything for awhile, but gradually his weight will certainly return. The further recovery will still take some time; it was a tough surgery. Everything looks good. Results of the culture samples have yet to come, the rest, like lungs, heart, blood pressure and other values are all good. Douwe continues to radiate.
Cards and flowers for Douwe
Please don't send Douwe flowers, as there are so many people who want to do that. Of course it is very much appreciated by him, but practically speaking, the last time the quantity was almost unmanageable. For people who want to send flowers, you can transfer a small amount to the foundation bank account, IBAN: NL57 0116 9790 89, BIC: RABONL2U, Stichting Openheid, Gouda, the Netherlands, specifying "flowers for Douwe". Then the board will buy a beautiful flower arrangement from all the donors when he returns home.
Cards are always welcome: Count Florisweg 101, 2805 AH Gouda, the Netherlands.
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Message from Douwe for the retreat afternoon on December 28, 2011
A year ago I also couldn't attend the year end retreat day. I wrote something then that I now don't need to change. So I'm giving you all the same text again. It's always about the same essence of infinite being-awareness and love-being, in unity.
Let this be a day of joy,
of deep joy in the experience of being one in freedom.
Within it is the freedom from attachments to the perishable body.
The body has its own constitution and laws.
And I have such a body with strong genetic determinates.
It is and remains a miracle as well as the incarnation therein.
Yet I am free of the body, you all are free of the body.
Therefore, the physical life can continue freely until the incarnation has lasted long enough.
Nothing is missing, everything is there, therefore there is no longing.
I exist and everything exists as universal unity, therefore there is no grasping.
There is nothing else, and so also there is nothing to defend.
Everything is complete in the one non-duality.
No one and nothing can keep you away from this open unity, so you are self-reliant.
It is an aware self-reliance without any limitations, without conditions: groundless openness.
The many letters, cards and emails have already demonstrated this. I'm very happy about that. The wholeness of the realization means a great joy. The love it radiates is beautiful.
So, let this be a day of joy, love and freedom.
I am there with you,
Douwe |
